Eric P. Newell, O.C.
Chair, HSE & SR Committee
Eric Newell is the retired Chancellor of the University of Alberta,
a position he held from 2004 to 2008. He has several years of
oil and gas experience, including 14 years as CEO of Syncrude Canada Ltd. (Syncrude), the world’s largest producer of crude
oil from oil sands. He was appointed chair of Syncrude in 1994. Before that, he worked with Imperial Oil Limited and Esso Petroleum Canada Ltd.
Dr. Newell holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in
chemical engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a Masters of Science in management studies
from the University of Birmingham, England. He has received Honorary Doctorates of Law from Athabasca, Alberta, British Columbia and Lethbridge Universities, and an Honorary Diploma from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Alberta Order
of Excellence.
Dr. Newell is the chair of the Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation and CAREERS: The Next Generation and Alberta Innovates — Energy and Environment Solutions (AIEES). He is also a member of the boards of Telus World of Science Edmonton, the Gairdner Foundation, Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta and the Learning Partnership Canada.
As past president of the Alberta Chamber of Resources,
he led the creation of the National Oil Sands Task Force in 1995.
Dr. Newell is a proven corporate and community leader. He has been honoured by many other organizations whose interests
lie in business leadership, education, youth development
and public policy. Under his leadership, Syncrude became an increasingly significant source of energy supply for Canada and a model of a reliably operated, environmentally efficient, socially responsible corporation. In 2003, he was selected as Energy Person of the Year by the Energy Council of Canada and in 2010 he was inducted into the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame.
In 2011, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from
the Faculty of Engineering at the UBC. Dr. Newell’s career
has given him extensive expertise in the areas of compensation and financial acumen.
Dr. Newell sits on the following committees:
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Other public company directorships |
Type of company |
Stock exchange |
Committee appointments |
| None |
| Previous public company directorships over the last five years |
| Canfor Corporation |